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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

No, MY son, cars provided with hunks
are not necessarily carbunkles.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

UNLIKE other cathartics, DR.. Pierce's
"Pelletsn do not render the bowels costive
after operation, but, on the contrary, estab-
lish permanently healthy acton. Being
entirely vegetable no particular care is re-
quired while using them. By druggists.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

ACTORS, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothacbe Drops Cure in one minute.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

AN early settler-one who pays for his
lodging before retiring.-IerGs Strings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

IT often happens that beautiful heiresAas
invest their wealth in royalties. -Mercha'n
Trapeler
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

DooToRs say that diseases can be COM
municated by kissing. Love, for instance.
Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable
to use. 1t is not LIQUID or a rnuff. 5Oc.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

A MAN who advertised to restore old
paintings had stolen them.-Terds Sittings
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

A REMEDY for fits-send your clothes to
nd.-Gooddlps Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

MEN Of note-bank cashiers. Whitehall
Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16
Misled by His Wife,

The picturesque is always a feature
of a woman's description OF anything.
She talks grandIloquently Of colors, and
If you hear her describe a tablecloth
you fancy its a gorgeous thing of tap
estry or some equally effective picture.
my wife" said the husband to the
man in the store, ''has sent me for
something she looked at yesterday"
"Yesl'
"This is the description Of it," and
he pulls out a piece of paper which has
In it a full description of an elaborate
pattern of myriad OF colors, and all in
nomenclature that sounds like some
elaborate picture. you'll excuse me.
| can't remember the blamed thing"
That's all right. I know what she
MEANS"
you'll please wrap 1t up very care
fully, for if 1t gets spoiled before 1t gets
there she'll be mad.
Certainly"
Then the man goes to a shelf and
pulls out roughly a piece of some
thing.
"Hold on" says the husband, "that
can't be the thing. That's chintz, or
damask or something. amt itg"
"This Is the article, sir.
'What does 1t cost?"
"Forty cents a yard"
"Great Scotti Forty cents a yardl l
thought from the description it would
come to about one dollar"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16
High Love Has No PIacu on Earth.

The world has oatlived all its passion;
Its men are inane and blase
Its women mere puppets of fashion,
Life now is n comedy play.
Our Abelard signs for n season,
Then yields with decorum to fate;
Our Heloise listens to reason,
And seeks q new mate.
BY the lady-like minds of our mothers
We are taught that to feel is bad form;
Our effeminate fathers and brothers
Keep carefully out of life's Storm
Our worsbippers. now, and our lovers,
Are calmly devout-with their brains
And we laugh at the man who discovers
Warm blood in his veins.
But you, o twin souls, passion-mated,
Who love rs the gods loved of old,
What laundering destiny fated
Your lives to be cast In this mold?
Like q lurid volcanic %upheaval
In pastures prosaic and gray
You seem with your fervors primeyal,
Among us to-day.
You dropped from some planet of splendor
Perhaps, as 1t circled afar,
And your constancy swerveless n tender
You learned from the course of that star,
Fly back to its bosom, / warn you,
As back to the ark flew the dove;
The minions Of earth will but scorn you
Because you can love!
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16
Soap as a Civilizcr.

The introduction OF soap is doing
much to ~civilize the people of the Holy
Land. A large soap factory has been
established on the site of the ancient
Sechem. and the people are beginning
TO use it on their persons instead of
trying to eat it, as they did at first.
Along with the introduction of soap
other reforms arc going o Bethle-
hem has been rebuilt and the streets
are lighted with gas. Cesarea is having
a building boom. Nazareth is becom-
ing tho headquarters OF big olive oil
Spectators. Corner lots in Joppa are
going up with a rush, aud real estate
in Mount Carmel is largely held by
spectators for an advance. The ladies
of Jerusalem take all the Partisan fash.
ion journals, and know all about the
latest styles Of hair dressing.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16
Region of the Danube.

The scenery becomes pleasing two OF
three hours before reaching Buda
Pesth. The improvement in the towns
and the signs of superior cultivation in
dlcate the nearness of an important
metropolis. The river banks are sleeper,
the hills higher, and great, we'll kept
vineyards spread out over the slopes,
indicating a national industry. Forests
or even groves are not frequent. Trees
never disappear so rapidly as In the
presence of armies. When the Union
army arrived at Chattanooga there
were groves and forests everywhere.
When they left it there was hardly a
tree in sight. All of the region of the
Danube has been fought oyer for cen
turtles, so no n a wonder at the
universal deforestation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-16

When Baby was sick, We gave hor C~astoria,
When she was a Child, she cried FOR Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to C~sstOriA,
Whom she had Children, she gave them CastOriA
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27
RULER OF MILLIONS.
Kwang Su Takes Possession of the Imperial
Throne of China

The desp0t Of nearly one-fourfh of the
human race, the mystic occupant Of the
Dragon Throne, regarded by his millions
of benighted subjects as more of god than
of the ordinary mortal stuff that kings are
made of, is po,entate of whom the great
world, outside his gorgeous palace in Pekin,
knows little of. Still less is his knowledge
of the countries of the people, Of the lives
and manners of the inhabitants of this
mundane sphere beyond the bournes of
his vast empire. Entirely in the hands of
his willy courtiers, seeing only from what
they lift the veil, hearing only through their
wakeful ears the little they desire HIM to
know; brught upin the mysterious andawful
seclusion which has always hemmed in the
ruler of China, the youthful successor of Tung
Chi, the LONELY Man." the "Vicegerent of
Heaven" as his subjects, among other sim
liar titles without number, call him, knows
little even of his people, and about as much
of his power.
Kwang Su, the ninth of the Using dynasty,
to reign in 1875, afGfe @
of his cousin, Tung Chi, who died of smallpox
that year, at the age ofnineteen. But the pres
ent Emperor's reign really began Feb
ruary I, 1887, when his mother, who
had during ms minority been regarded as
tne nead OF tne state, resigned her place on
the throne TO MIN. me ceremonies attend
ing the assumption oil the reins OF govern
ment We're OF d., the most elaborate and curious
character. me ilTst act IN the long list OF
when the Emperor offered up the ancient
sacrifce IN the temple OF Heaven at mid
night. lie next wentthrough the ceremony,
dating Daek 70 centuries before thee date as
signed py CHRISTIAN chronologists- TO the
Hood, and known as the consultation OF the
Heavenly registers at the sacred ediiice
called the Ial-ho-ten, after which the prayer
recited by nm at the sacrlfce was burned.
rms orlson is, OF course, too molly thing to
pc read 1y mortal eyes aiter ms majesty
has looked upon IL. a terrible tate is sad TO
be reserved Tor the wretcn VINO has the te-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27

lobbyist in order to benefit themselves or
friends, and generally only use the le-
Ultimate methods to accomplish their
end. There are others, however, who for
money consideration would bore the
life out of a congressman or senator
until he either consents to vote for it or
gives decisive answer in the negative.
These women are pretty well known,
and, as shown, of late years but few
have been able to do very much at the
Capitol, yet they have such quiet little
way of entertaining and pleasing mem
bers of Congress that the latter are al
ways willing to accommodate them with
out knowing perhaps their true intent.
During the session of Congress all
ladies who call at the Capitol are obliged
to send their cards in by pages from
what is known as the ladies' reception
room. In the House this is on the west
side, and opens on the House portico
facing the grand piazza. 1t is hand
some room, furnished with easy lounges,
soft carpet and luxurious chairs. The
pages carry the cards into the members
the ladies wish to see, and they generally,
especially new members, answer the call
with avidity. Any time of day, during
the sessions of Congress, one can see
little knots of ladies surrounding con-
gressmen in this room Some are deep
in conversation, others arguing and using
their most persuasive power to influence
or interest the member.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27
FEMALE LOBBYISTS.
WoMAN's CHARMS BROUGHT TO
BEAR UPON LEGISLATION.
The Fine Reception Rooms Where Con-
gressmen See Their Lady visitors-Fe-
male Persistence and Tenacity in Follow
ing Up Members-Frials of Legislators.

WASHINGTON, April22 -"Show me the
seats where the female lobbyists sit," said
stranger to me one day during the last
days of Congress this winter. looked
at him to see if he was in earnest, and
his face was as straight and as solemn as
that of Judge on the bench.
"What do you mean p asked.
"Why, is there not certain place for
female lobbyists to sit in the gallery and
regulate legislation ~ was his reply.
l laughed heartily at this remark, and
told him that of course there was not.
Persons who are known as female lob
byists would be insulted to be called
such, and more especially would not like
to be known to the world. Many people
in the country, however, think that fe-
male lobbyists have just such places in
the galleries as my friend imagined they
had, and think that they, like the popu-
lace at the Roman gladiatorial contests,
sit on the front row and turn their
thumbs up or down to encourage bills
pending.
There are great many women, and
ladies, too, by the way, who are continu-
ally around the Capitol during the ses-
sion They either have some private
bill or claim and act in the capacity of a
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27

On the Senate side the ladies' recep-
tion-room is a large apartment, hand
somely frescoed, with sofas and lounges,
but no carpet. 1t il not exclusively for
ladies, and oftentimes males, as W ell as
females, are congregated there. When
senator wishes to gee lady especially
he tells the page to take her into the
Marble Room, which is the private con-
sultation room used by the senators.
This room is very handsomely fur
nished with large Smyrna rugs, easy
chairs and deep-seated lounges. Here
the senators listen to the pleadings of the
fair sex, as well as the remarks of their
male constituents.
When Congress is drawing to close
a number of women who have claims. or
want pensions, or are interested in a
bill, and have grown desperate at the
delay, refuse to stay in the ladies' re-
ception-room, and go to the doors of the
House and ask the doorkeepers them
selves to take in their cards Often thew
resort to little tricks to secure members
by sending in fictitious names, or wait
ing until they hear some male request to
see a member. Oftentimes member
will send out word to these importunate
women that he is busy and cannot come
cut, or will instruct the doorkeeper to
return the cards and say he is not in.
The females, however, wait around, and
OFTEN hear the name of the same MEM
Der called out by a gentleman friend.
One member was nicely caught last
February. No less than five females
all with claims-were trying to catch him
The is member of the claims commit
tee). He refused day after day for a week
to see them. He had slyly gotten into
the House and slyly out again without
being caught; but on this day all five
women were waiting at the west door.
A very intimate friend of the member
came along, sent his card in. and when
the doorkeeper returned, forgetting him
self, said in loud enough tones for the
women to hear, "Mr. - saws meet him
at the east door; there are lot of women
out here he is trying to escape. or he
would come out" The man departed for
the east door--so did the five women
Just as he approached it, out walked the
member. The five women bounced upon
him like hawks, and carried him off to n
corner and talked him nearly blind for
two hours; his friend did. not have even
q chance to say how do to him, and left
in disgust.
One stout member from Ohio. who had
the reputation of having more female
visitors than any other in Congress. had
pleasant little way of inviting his lady
friends to take lunch with him in the
House restaurant. About lunch time he
always looked at the gallery to see If any
of his friends were there, II he noticed
one he would nod and point toward the
door, get up and go out. This signal al.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27
A TEXANS DEADLY AIM.

Seven Murphys Fail Victims to His Re-
volvers in One Month.
Walter Ridgely's pistol has been busy of
late near Texarkana, Texas On the Sd of
March he killed two men, two weeks later
he killed two more, and few days ago he
completed the determination of a family by
killing three more. His father brought him
from Toms River, N. J.
1t all came about this way Two brothers,
named murphy, were quarreling with st.
Louis drummer, whose baggage they had
seized because he refused to pay SIS for trans
portation across the river, the legal fee being
fifty cents. Ridgely interfered for the drum,
mer and the Mrphys attacked him. He
Killed both. Ridgely gave himself up, but
was discharged on the ground of self-defense.
John Murphy, a brother, and Thomas an
uncle of the dead men, came into the neigh
borhood vowing to kill Ridgely, He kent
for him to go to town. On returning his
horse was shot from under him, and while
he lay on the ground John and Thomas
sprang from cover. He opened fire and
John and Thomas Murphy died.
Within the next two weeks the two sole
surviving brothers of the first dead Murphys
and their only live uncle came about swear.
ing to have Ridgely's life. They watched
for several days, but the killer STAYED on His
own premises. They grew impatient, and
finally went to Ridgely's barn and made
great noise. Ridgely, of course, came out
with the same pair Of forty-four calibre re-
volvers that first saved his life. He passed
the door of room in which couple Of his
hired men were sleeping. and scarcely had
he taken ten steps in the yard when he was
fired upon from ambush. He was shot
through the body and fell, but got up again
and, returning the fire with both revolvers
dropped two of his assailants dead and tbe
other ran about a hundred yards, when he
was captured by a hired man and taken into
the house. He died in an hour.
Ridgely was shot in three places and ia
now confined to bed, but his physicians
think he will recover Heis thirty-four wears
old, and was formerly a scout with Clusters
cavalry; He married well, and is now worth
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27

During the last session there was a,
very pretty widow who foated around
the corridors of the Capitol to great
extent. Her husband had claim against
the government and had died when it was
vet pending. She had taken it up, and
was determined to see it through She
earned livelihood by canvassing for
General Logan's book. In this way she j
made great many friends among the
senator's, as well as members. Each day
she would call at the Marble Room-fof
she had free entree-and would send for al
senator This Scion from the West was
heraparticular favorite. He seemeds to,
take great interest in her claim, and had
it reported to the Senate and passed.
Then she transferred her efforts TO- the
House, but there she had a larger numher
to contend with, yet she nobly fought
her battle, had the bill reported favorabiy
and placed high in the calendar. y During
the .last days of the session, when the
rush came, the poor woman did every
thing in her power to interest members
in her bill. Each day she spent at the
Capitol until Congress adjourned. The
House never reached it. The poor woman
was completely worn out, her good looks
were nearly gone, but she bore up bravelyrv
anu cdl0 ohC WOuAO OO Odkh NliClA tAiO
Fiftieth Congress began. She would be-
gin with the House this time, for then
the hardest work would be over
There is another woman who could be
called lobbyist, and that is Charlotte
Smith. She deserves a great deal of
credit for her work, but it is almost en-
tirely disinterested in behalf of her sex.
She represents the Working Woman's
League, and is known to every senator
and member in Congress. She is de-
termined little woman, always carrying a,
big bundle of papers with her, flying
from room to room and from corridor to
corridor, fighting always in behalf of
some poor woman. She seems to take.
special pride in the charwomen, wash
women, and other female laborers in the
House and the departments. She has sue
ceeded in having their wages raised, and
given certain number of days vacation
in each year, thus placing them on an
equality with the men employed in the
departments. Mrs. Smith is persistent
and If she once catches hold Of bill or
measure she is sure to push it either into
death or life Members are afraid of her
because she is determined and will fight
the battle to the bitter end
These are only few of the cases, but
enough to give an example of how the
female lobbyists work, and who they are,
JOHN S. SHRIvER.e
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-04-27
MECHANICS AND CLERKS.


Many of the Former Getting Rich, While
the Latter Have No Property.
Skilled mechanics, in spite of widespread
discomfort, are better paid in this city than
many thousands of brain workers. An en-
inent physician says that the average earn
ings in his profession here are less than 5000
year The ill-paid bookkeeper is proverb.
Intelligent clerks in brokers' and real estate
offices are not better paid. The real estate
clerk who earns $50 month must under
stand his business almost as thoroughly as
his employer does. A bright young man
who means to marry some day, learns from
his sweetheart that the kltchen-mald' lover
who is contented to sit below stairs, earned
$50 month more than the man who was en-
tertained in the parlor. When it is remem-
bered that one spends nearly all of his earn
ings in an effort to live up to the require
mcnts of the parlor, while the other saves
the greater part OF his wages, 1t is not dlfti-
cult to understand why the skilled mechanic
often gets rich while the young man about
town remains poor, unless an inheritance fall
to his lot.
There are an immense number of young
men here, as elsewhere, struggling along on
pitifully small salaries in what they snob
bishly fancy the respectable callings who
would be very much better off in some less
dainty employment. They contrive some
how to- appear, well ia dine at pretentiors
houses and to share IN the pleasures or tne
rich; but it must be at the expense of woful
pinches somewhere. If all the men on
crowded night at Delmonicos were suddenly
compelled to name the amount of their in
comes there would be some astonishing reve-
lations and quality of deep-colored bushes
before which the ruddiest wine would pale.
1t is from this class of young men are re-
cruited the annual score Of absconding clerks
and thieving bookkeepers. The unwhole-
some notion that to work with the hands is
disgraceful maintains this continual pres
sure upon the so-called light employments
and makes it impossible for men with costly
notions about hats and boots to earn enough
to raise them above temptation.-New York
Correspondence Philadelphia Record.
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and hurried us along with headlong
rapidity. Fields, woodlands, houses,
seemed to pass by us with feverish haste,
and still we sped onward, so near now
to the earth that momentarily expected
that we should become entangled among
the trees that doomed so near us.
What was that, like a river of glanc-
ing water, on the dusty high road be-
meath us, the yellow road like a
ribbon winding amid rocks and
thickets? Troops on the march, no
doubt, the sunlight glinting on their
bayonets ] could see that as we APP
preached they came confusedly to a
halt.
again, hurrahr' shouted the galley
slave. "a cheer, noble Spaniards, for
your guest, Pierre Paul, now safely"
As he spoke saw the earth very near
us, saw the soldiers run to right and left,
as though to clear the way for our pass
age, and then, with sickening crash,
the balloon and the car seemed to strike
against rock, and thousand sparks of
fire filed my bewildered eyes, and then
all grew dark.
Hell live, this one, never fear" said a
CHEEKY voice speaking in the Spanish Ian
guage, which partially understood, as
awOke to find myself lying upon tuckle-
bed in wayside cottage, surrounded by
a group of officers, while regimental
surgeon was feeling my pulse. Give
him few more drops of the brandy !
Only couple of ribs the worse, think"
"And-and the man who was with
me 9'' asked feebly.
The doctor shook his head.
Not your father or your brother, /
trust, caballero 7" he said. "Ah, then,
may tell you that his head was dashed
against the rock, and his neck-a tough
one, by-the-by-very effectually dislo-
Gated"
And so it was; Risque-son-cou had
shared the proverbiai fate of the pitcher
that goes too often to the well.
Strange to say, my fortune was, to a
qualified extent, made by the accident
which had so nearly put an end altogether
to my worldly anxieties. The kind pro-
tectors who had picked me up, a way
worn stranger, with two ribs broken, by
the roadside, had me conveyed along
with them on litter to the garrison
town of Girona, whittier they were
bound, and in the military hospital OF
this place | was cared for, until youth
and robust constitution enabled me to
get the better of the fever that ensued
Ny story was noised abroad, and all Bar
celona seemed eager to sit for its portrait
to the young English artist who had
visited Spain in so singular manner;
and thence, with good professional rec
concentrations, passed on to Madrid,
Paris and London, and have never since
known the actual pressure of want.
| afterward heard that subscription
set on foot at Marseilles compensated
Mr.. Killick for the loss of his balloon.
but he and never met sgain-